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 And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be
 That this low breath is gone from me,
  And gone read more 
 And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be
 That this low breath is gone from me,
  And gone my bier ye come to weep,
   Let One, most loving of you all,
    Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall;
     He giveth His beloved sleep." 
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
 And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
 May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.  
 And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
 May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. 
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved read more
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life read more
Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
Words that weep, and tears that speak.
Words that weep, and tears that speak.